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Characterization of unique truncated prolactin receptor transcripts, corresponding to the intracellular domain, in the testis of the sexually mature chicken.

Abstract：

:We have examined expression of the chicken PRL receptor (cPRLR) gene in different tissues of the chicken by Northern blot analysis. Most tissues examined (ovary, testis, oviduct, kidney, and fat) possess a prominent full-length (4.6-kb) cPRLR transcript. A larger (11.7-kb) transcript is also detected in ovary, oviduct, testis, and kidney after longer exposure. A unique pattern of cPRLR expression was found in the testis of sexually mature chickens, which have an unusually high abundance of three small transcripts (1.2, 1.7, and 2 kb) in addition to the 4.6-kb transcript found in other tissues. Three domain-specific complementary DNA (cDNA) probes were constructed that correspond to the first and second ligand-binding regions in the extracellular domain and the transmembrane-intracellular domain. With these probes, Northern blot analysis of polyadenylated RNA prepared from the testes of a mature (22-week-old) chicken indicates that the highly abundant (1.2- and 1.7-kb) and less abundant (2.0-kb) cPRLR transcripts in testis hybridize only to the intracellular domain probe. Two types of truncated testis-specific cPRLR transcripts were identified using 5'-RACE (rapid amplification of cDNA ends) analysis of polyadenylated RNA from the testis of a 22-week-old chicken. The predominant truncated cDNA sequence contains the highly conserved box 1 motif [(+)box 1 cDNA] and diverges (at nucleotide 1396) from that of the cPRLR cDNA, just downstream of the transmembrane domain. The other truncated cDNA lacks the box 1 motif [(-)box 1 cDNA], which is replaced by 39 bases that could encode a hydrophobic N-terminus with a putative 5'-untranslated region of 131 bases. Young chickens predominately express the full-length cPRLR messenger RNA (4.6 kb) in the testis. At the onset of sexual maturity, there is a dramatic increase in abundance of the testis-specific (+)box 1 transcript, whereas expression of the full-length cPRLR is depressed. The presence of truncated [(+) or (-)box 1] cPRLR transcripts in the sexually mature chicken testis suggests a complex mechanism of PRL action on gonadal function.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Mao JN,Burnside J,Li L,Tang J,Davolos C,Cogburn LA

doi

10.1210/endo.140.3.6603

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-03-01 00:00:00

pages

1165-74

issue

3

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

journal_volume

140

pub_type

杂志文章

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